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Signing the Contract, and What It Cost. Finley Martha
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Martha Finley
Signing the Contract, and What It Cost
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066154417
Table of Contents
CHAPTER IV. A STRANGE REVELATION.
CHAPTER VII. A WICKED SUGGESTION.
CHAPTER VIII. MRS. ALDEN AN ABETTOR.
CHAPTER IX. WHAT ESPY SAID ABOUT IT.
CHAPTER XII. “LOST! LOST! LOST!”
CHAPTER XIV. A RIFT IN THE CLOUD.
CHAPTER XVII. HETTY TO THE RESCUE.
CHAPTER XIX. A GREAT SURPRISE.
CHAPTER XXI. GHOSTS OF THE PAST.
CHAPTER XXIII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW.
CHAPTER XXV. STITCH, STITCH, STITCH.
CHAPTER XXVI. THE MADAME AT HER SOLICITOR’S.
CHAPTER XXVII. THE LONG-LOST DEED.
CHAPTER XXVIII. MESSRS. TREDICK & SERVER.
CHAPTER XXXI. A WONDROUS CHANGE.
CHAPTER XXXIII. A LETTER, A STORY, AND A PROMISE.
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE MADAME’S CONFESSION.
CHAPTER XXXVIII. “FOUND! FOUND! FOUND!”
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE MADAME’S QUEST IS ENDED.
CHAPTER XL. THE CUP OVERFLOWS.
CHAPTER XLI. AFTER THE RAIN, SUNLIGHT; AFTER THE STORM, A CALM.
CHAPTER I.
A WANDERER.
“Lost! lost! lost!”
The sun had set amid angry clouds; deep shadows already filled the recesses of the forest through which the iron horse went thundering on its way, while an icy wind, bringing with it frequent dashes of rain and sleet, swept through the leafless branches of the trees, tossing them wildly against a dull leaden sky.
A lady, gazing out into the gathering gloom, started with a sudden exclamation of surprise and dismay. Her husband leaned hastily past her to see what had called it forth; then, with a smile at his own folly in forgetting that at the rate of speed with which they were moving the object, whatever it might be, was already out of sight, settled himself back again, bending a look of mild inquiry upon her agitated countenance.
She shivered, and drawing her shawl more closely about her, put her lips to his ear, that she might be heard above the noise of the train.
“It was a face, John—a woman’s face upturned to the sky, wan, distressed, wretched, with great sorrowful eyes. It just gleamed out upon me for an instant as we swept by, and was gone. Poor thing! poor thing! she must be in sore trouble.”
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